(I encountered Marx very briefly in school; the impression I get of his theories is “history has been happening for ages; it will do what I think for exactly on

(I encountered Marx very briefly in school; the impression I get of his theories is “history has been happening for ages; it will do what I think for exactly one more cycle and then stop” but that’s about the extent of my knowledge on the topic.) At any rate, I was using “march of progress” in the colloquial sense: I intended that “(hopefully)” to indicate that I don’t view it as inevitable; but the scientific method has, historically, tended to converge on reality, albeit often in fits and starts. > We must proceed with care and for great respect for the reality that is. Indeed, which is why the textbooks have become encrusted with such scar tissue: the authors are trying to preclude the present wave of reactionary activism which is impetuously twisting things to fit their conclusion.